Introduction
The Sorcerer is one of the four original classes introduced in The Elder Scrolls Online at launch. The Sorc has been known as one of the original DPS classes of the game. Sorcs take advantage of range and mobility along with finding opportunity to pull off clutch kills in PvP. A lot of players will tell you playing a Sorcerer in PvP is their favorite way to play the game. So without further ado here is our ESO Magicka Sorcerer PvP Build.
Overview
Race: Khajiit (best choice) or Imperial and Breton (also are great choices)
Food: Orzorga’s Smoked Bear Haunch (Best in slot food but very expensive, use Jewels of Misrule if gold is a problem the difference is small)
Mundus Stone: The Shadow (increase critical damage)
Vampire Stage: Vampire Stage 3
Consumables: Essence of Immovability, Tri-Stat Potions, Resistance Potions
Attributes: 49 Magicka, 15 Health, 0 Stamina
Gear
The best in slot options for this build would be considered “meta” and it is advised to try and stay to the best option as best as possible. We are balancing the sets with the most damage you can obtain on the front bar while using a tanky or buffing back bar.
Gear Information:
- Armor in Impenetrable
- We wear 5 light armor pieces
- We wear 1 heavy armor pieces on our larger piece (chest, legs)
- We wear 1 medium armor piece
- Front bar weapon in ‘Sharpened’ trait to to buff damage
- Back Bar weapon in Defending
- Three Arcane Jewelry Traits
- All tri-stat armor glyphs
- The higher the quality gear the more damage you can deal
| Set Options | Best Option | 2nd Option | 3rd Option |
| Monster Set x2 | Mighty Chudan | Bloodspawn | Engine Guardian |
| Mythic Item | Death Dealer’s Fete | Torc of Tonal | Markyn |
| Damage Set x5 (Front Bar) | Crafty Alfiq | New Moon Acolyte (crafted) | |
| Damage Set x5 (Backbar Buff) | Rallying Cry | Wretched Vitality (crafted) | |
| One Piece x1 | Trainee | Druid’s Braid (crafted) |
Gear Weights and Traits
| Piece | Set | Weight | Trait | Enchant |
| Head | Mighty Chudan | Medium | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Shoulder | Mighty Chudan | Light | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Chest | Trainee | Heavy | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Hands | Rallying Cry | Light | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Waist | Crafty Alfiq | Light | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Legs | Crafty Alfiq | Light | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Feet | Crafty Alfiq | Light | Impenetrable | Tri-Enchant |
| Necklace | Rallying Cry | Jewelry | Arcane | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Rallying Cry | Jewelry | Arcane | Weapon Damage |
| Ring | Death Dealer’s Fete | Jewelry | Arcane | Weapon Damage |
| Main Hand | Crafty Alfiq | Lightening Staff | Sharpened | Disease Damage |
| Off Hand | – | – | – | – |
| Main Backup | Rallying Cry | Ice Staff | Defending | Absorb Magicka |
| Off Backup | – | – | – | – |
Skills
Front Bar
Front Bar: Crystal Fragments, Elemental Weapon, Streak, Hardened Ward, Radiant Magelight, Temporal Guard
Back Bar
Back Bar: Elemental Susceptibility, Haunting Curse, Resolving Vigor, Dark Conversion, Critical Surge, Power Overload
Rotation
Buff Rotation: The buff rotation is very simple. The only buff outside the damage rotation is Critical Surge to get your damage buff.
Damage Rotation: The damage rotation as follows: Debuff your opponent with Elemental Susceptibility. Then cast Haunting Curse on them. Your main spamable is Light Attack with Elemental Weapon combo until Crystal Fragments procs. Streak into Crystal Fragments into Light Attack Elemental Weapon. If you have Power Overload available you can throw that into the mix as well.
Healing and Escape: If you need to reset the fight the ultimate Temporal Guard will do that. Also using Streak to gain distance to heal with Dark Conversion and Resolving Vigor can help a lot. Harden Ward is also available as a shield to stay in the fight longer.
(rotations fully explained in build video)
Champion Points
Because everyone who is viewing this guide is at a different Champion Point level I will only be putting up the champion points I chose at the level I was at the time of making this guide, which is around 1075. Remember that Champion Point soft cap is around 1800 but you can easily achieve high value kills with low cp.
- 50 Deadly Aim (slot)
- 50 Fighting Finesse (slot)
- 50 Master-At-Arms (slot)
- 50 Weapons Expert (slot)
- 50 Bastion (slot)
- 50 Pain’s Refuge (slot)
- 50 Sustained by Suffering (slot)
- 50 Survival Instincts (slot)
- 50 Steed’s Blessing (slot)
- 50 Sustaining Shadow (slot)
- 75 Liquid Efficiency (slot)
- 30 Rationer (slot)
Additional Information
Video
(video guide coming soon!)
Thank You
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